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A rich spectrum of molecular hydrogen (H$_2$) emission lines is seen in sensitive observations from the far ultraviolet (FUV) channels of the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) during flare activity in solar active region NOAA…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-08 Sarah A. Jaeggli , Adrian N. Daw

Far-infrared line and continuum fluxes are presented for a sample of 227 galaxies observed with the Long Wavelength Spectrometer on the Infrared Space Observatory. The galaxy sample includes normal star-forming systems, starbursts, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 James R. Brauher , Daniel A. Dale , George Helou

We report the results of initial FUSE observations of molecular hydrogen (H2) in translucent clouds. These clouds have greater optical depth than any of the diffuse clouds previously observed for far-UV H2 absorption, and provide new…

Neutral fluorine (F I) lines are identified in the optical spectra of several R Coronae Borealis stars (RCBs) at maximum light. These lines provide the first measurement of the fluorine abundance in these stars. Fluorine is enriched in some…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Gajendra Pandey , David L. Lambert , N. Kameswara Rao

Low-ionization transitions such as the MgII 2796/2803 doublet trace cold gas in the vicinity of galaxies. It is not clear whether this gas is part of the interstellar medium of large proto-disks, part of dwarfs, or part of entrained…

Molecular outflows from very low-mass stars (VLMSs) and brown dwarfs have been studied very little. So far, only a few CO outflows have been observed, allowing us to map the immediate circumstellar environment. We present the first…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 R. Garcia Lopez , A. Caratti o Garatti , G. Weigelt , B. Nisini , S. Antoniucci

We present measurements of interstellar H_2 absorption lines in the continuum spectra of seven early-type stars in the Galactic disk at distances between 1 and 4 kpc. Five of these stars provide lines of sight through the Sagittarius spiral…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 W. Van Dyke Dixon , Mark Hurwitz , Stuart Bowyer

We present the first detection of gas phase S2H in the Horsehead, a moderately UV-irradiated nebula. This confirms the presence of doubly sulfuretted species in the interstellar medium and opens a new challenge for sulfur chemistry. The…

FUSE spectra of the four brightest H II regions in M 33 show absorption by interstellar gas in the Galaxy and in M 33. On three lines of sight molecular hydrogen in M 33 is detected. This is the first measurement of diffuse H_2 in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Hartmut Bluhm , Klaas S. de Boer , Ole Marggraf , Philipp Richter , Bart P. Wakker

Using the Herschel Space Observatory's Heterodyne Instrument for the Far-Infrared (HIFI), we have observed para-chloronium (H2Cl+) toward six sources in the Galaxy. We detected interstellar chloronium absorption in foreground molecular…

We have recently published observations of significant flux density variations at 1.3 cm in HII regions in the star forming regions Sgr B2 Main and North (De Pree et al. 2014). To further study these variations, we have made new 7 mm…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-23 C. G. De Pree , T. Peters , M. -M. Mac Low , D. J. Wilner , W. M. Goss , R. Galván-Madrid , E. R. Keto , R. S. Klessen , A. Monsrud

Sagittarius B2 (Sgr B2) is one of the most massive and luminous star-forming regions in the Galaxy and shows chemical and physical conditions similar to those in distant extragalactic starbursts. We present large-scale far-IR/submm…

We present a comprehensive survey of B abundances in diffuse interstellar clouds from HST/STIS observations along 56 Galactic sight lines. Our sample is the result of a complete search of archival STIS data for the B II resonance line at…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-14 A. M. Ritchey , S. R. Federman , Y. Sheffer , D. L. Lambert

Context. Neutral atomic hydrogen (HI) absorption lines can be used to probe the cold neutral medium (CNM) at high Galactic latitudes. Cold HI with a significant optical depth from the GASKAP-HI survey is found to be located predominantly if…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-11-26 P. M. W. Kalberla

We have systematically investigated ultraviolet (UV) emission from molecular hydrogen (H$_{2}$) using the Interface Region Imaging Spectrometer (IRIS), during three X-ray flares of C5.1, C9.7 and X1.0 classes on Oct. 25, 2014. Significant…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-15 Sargam M. Mulay , Lyndsay Fletcher , Hugh Hudson , Nicolas Labrosse

Measurements of molecular hydrogen (H_2) column densities are presented for the first six rotational levels (J=0 to 5) for 73 extragalactic targets observed with FUSE. All of these have a final signal-to-noise ratio larger than \snlimit,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 B. P. Wakker

In this letter a near-infrared integral field study of a proto-brown dwarf candidate is presented. A $\sim$ 0\farcs5 blue-shifted outflow is detected in both H$_{2}$ and [Fe II] lines at V$_{sys}$ = (-35~$\pm$ 2)~km~s$^{-1}$ and V$_{sys}$ =…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-28 Emma Whelan , Basmah Riaz , Bastien Rouze

Understanding water deuterium fractionation is important for constraining the mechanisms of water formation in interstellar clouds. Observations of HDO and H$_2^{18}$O transitions were carried out towards the high-mass star-forming region…

We present a clear detection of CH2 in absorption towards the molecular cloud complexes Sagittarius B2 and W49 N using the ISO Long Wavelength Spectrometer. These observations represent the first detection of its low excitation rotational…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 E. T. Polehampton , K. M. Menten , S. Bruenken , G. Winnewisser , J. -P. Baluteau